In a bid to highlight just how vulnerable we are to the forces of a car crash, the TAC created Graham with the help of a leading trauma surgeon, a crash investigation expert and a Melbourne artist.

The TAC said studies show the human body can cope with impacts at speed we reach on our own, not in a vehicle.

"People can survive running at full pace into a wall but when you're talking about collisions involving vehicles, the speeds are faster, the forces are greater and the chances of survival are much slimmer," TAC chief executive officer Joe Calafiore said.